Police investigate fatal wreck involving Tewksbury woman

TEWKSBURY
TWP.– What
caused a township woman’s fatal, single-vehicle accident on Parker
Road in Washington Township, Morris County, on Wednesday, Oct. 14,
remained undetermined on Monday.

The woman, Robin C. Freeman, 67, was driving
her 2006 Mercedes Benz east on Parker Road at 4:25 p.m. when she
veered off the road and hit a mailbox at 153 Parker Road. The car
then continued down the road, only to veer once again, striking a
tree at 174 Parker Road.

Freeman was taken to St. Clare’s Hospital
where she was pronounced dead.

Police Detective Thomas Falleni said Freeman
was the sole occupant of the vehicle, and the accident is still
being investigated.

Information officer Lt. Arthur Adams said
there was no indication that Freeman had been driving at an
excessive speed, and although the investigation is still open, a
medical condition may have triggered the accident.

Authorities are awaiting a report from the
Morris County Medical Examiner’s office.

The accident investigation caused Parker Road
to be closed for about four hours following the
incident.

Also responding to the scene were the
Washington Township Fire Department and the Long Valley First Aid
Squad.

Washington Township police are the lead
investigators, but are being assisted by the Morris County
Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit and the Morris County
Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Section.

Freeman has lived on Beacon Hill Road in
Tewksbury Township since 1988 with her husband, William. Their
daughter, Dr. Andrea St. John Freeman and her husband, Nicholas
Henn, live in Flemington.

A 1963 graduate of Elmira College in Elmira,
N. Y., Freeman held a bachelor’s degree in political science and
economics. She was president of Triwef Corp., an
importing-exporting company in Mount Arlington for 30 years before
retiring in 2008.

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